(Karolinska Institutet) Europe's leading oncology organizations are combining forces in the global fight against cancer. The project, EurocanPlatform, has received ?12 million ($16 million) from the European Union to streamline cross border research. The project will find more effective...

A small study reveals that perfusion CT findings of blood-brain barrier permeability above a specified volume at the time of admission in patients over the age of 65 treated with tPA can predict two â€œfeared complicationsâ€-symptomatic hemorrhagic transformation and malignant edema-with 100...

PORT MATILDA, Pa., Jan. 19, 2011 /- QBC Diagnostics is pleased to announce the release of the QBC ParaLens Advance, a breakthrough product that can easily upgrade any compound light microscope for LED fluorescence microscopy. The ParaLens Advance builds on the proven success of the...

As we release our 2011 Strategic Priorities, we are proud to report on our accomplishments from 2010. In addition to meeting our 85 percent achievement goal by September 30, 2010, we also had met 91 percent of actions with due dates by December 31, 2010..

The Vermont Attorney General's office says a Connecticut-based health insurance company is ready to pay $55,000 to settle a complaint that it didn't inform customers that personal information had been lost along with an unencrypted computer hard drive.The state says the complaint and proposed...

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19, 2011 /- Wolters Kluwer Health today announced a joint venture with leading China drug information provider Medicom to deliver clinical decision support to doctors in China as the country prepares for significant changes to its healthcare system. The deal allows...

NEW YORK and AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 19, 2011 /- The Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Foundation and Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. (RBM) announced today that they have reached the first milestone in a program to develop a panel of plasma protein biomarkers for SMA using RBM's Multi-Analyte...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 19, 2011 /- Nuance Health, LLC, a company that develops products designed to help people maintain good health, today introduced Swype, a new product that enhances defense against viruses at the body's most vulnerable spot – the nose. In...

Medical Electronic Device Conference & Expo
(MEDCon) announces that William Hyman, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M
University will present during the
event, being held May 16-18, 2011 at Navy Pier in Chicago, IL.
This event provides the opportunity to stay at the forefront of innovations in
engineering for electronic medical devices.

Afexa Life Sciences Inc. ("Afexa") (TSX: FXA) wishes to set the record
straight. After a thorough review of our contractual arrangements and
other dealings with Alberta Health Services ("AHS") in relation to our
multi-centre pediatric clinical trial involving COLD-FX@, we feel
clarifying...